Madghacen

Madghacen (Berber languages: imedɣasen), also spelled Medracen or Medghassen or Madghis is a royal mausoleum-temple of the Berber Numidian Kings which stands near Batna city in Aurasius Mons in Numidia - Algeria.[1]

Madghacen
Imedɣasen
Tumulus shaped tomb at Madghacen
Shown within Algeria
LocationBatna Province, Algeria
RegionNumidia
Coordinates35°42′26″N 6°26′04″E

History

Madghis was a king[2] of independent kingdoms of the Numidia, between 300 and 200 BC Near the time of neighbor King Masinissa and their earliest Roman contacts. Ibn Khaldun said: Madghis is an ancestor of the Berbers of the branch Botr Zenata, Banu Ifran, Maghrawa (Aimgharen), Marinid, Ziyyanid, and Wattasid.[3][4]

Threats

As ICOMOS noted in their 2006/2007 Heritage at Risk report, the mausoleum has become "the victim of major 'repair work' without respect for the value of th[e] monument and its authenticity."[5][6]

gollark: I like to design my serious road network things as one-way hexagon grids with highway uplinks.
gollark: "You want to get to your neighbour's house? You have to loop around the entire city on dirt paths, pay $1000 in tolls, and spend 5 hours in traffic jams."
gollark: I should play again and design the worst road network possible.
gollark: Ah, cool!
gollark: Or funnel everyone exiting down a massive series of dirt-path loops with toll booths.

See also

References
  1. Ibn Khaldun and Yassine Bouharrou, History of the Berbers
  2. Gautier, Émile Félix (1952). Le passé de l'Afrique du Nord: les siècles obscurs (in French). Payot.
  3. Ibn Khaldoun, History of the Berbers
  4. Gautier, É. F. (1937)
  5. ALGERIA Mausoleum of Medracen in Danger
  6. "ALGERIA Mausoleum of Medracen in Danger" (PDF). ICOMOS. 2006–2007. Retrieved 8 August 2016.

Further reading
  • Gabriel Camps, « Nouvelles observations sur l'architecture et l'âge du Medracen, mausolée royal de Numidie », CRAI, 1973, 117–3, p. 470-517 .
  • Yvon Thébert & Filippo Coarelli, « Architecture funéraire et pouvoir : réflexions sur l'hellénisme numide », MEFRA, Année 1988
  • Serge Lancel, L'Algérie antique, édition Mengès, Paris 2003.


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